A Study Warns of Cigars' Role
In Some Heart Disease, Cancer

By

Andrea Petersen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 20, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

Here's some bad news for the growing ranks of cigar smokers: Long-term stogie smoking almost doubles your chance of dying from cancer or heart disease, according to researchers from Kaiser Permanente, the giant nonprofit health-maintenance organization.

The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, is the clearest yet to indict cigar smoking as a cause of death from cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have linked cigar use...